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Craighead, John
US Fact Witness
Dr. Craighead was a member of the Council for Tobacco Research ("CTR") Scientific Advisory Board ("SAB") for eighteen months in 1976 and 1977. He left because of perceived censorship by attorneys in the Council for Tobacco Research grant application review process. His employment and academic positions have included:
- 1956 received M.D., University of Utah
- 1957-1958 researcher, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
- 1958-1960 researcher, Middle American Research Unit, National Institutes of Health, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone, tropical viruses
- 1960-1961 Junior Assistant Resident in Pathology, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- 1961-1962 Senior Assistant Resident in Pathology, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston
- 1962-1963 Chief Resident in Pathology, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston
- 1963-1966 Associate in Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, primarily teaching infectious disease and general pathology to medical students
- 1963-1968 Associate in Pathology, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston
- 1966-1968 Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University
- 1/1/1967- Applied for and received a three-year CTR grant for research into 4/1/1973 adenoviruses in respiratory tract and a three-year renewal grant
- 1968-1969 Associate Professor of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, specializing in pulmonary disease
- 1969-1996 Professor of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington
- 1970-1994 Attending Physician, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
- 1974-1990 Chairman, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Vermont
- 1979-1982 Under auspices of National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, undertook study of asbestos-associated diseases with group of researchers
- 1995-2000 Attending Physician, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, Vermont
- 1996-2000 Professor of Pathology Emeritus, College of Medicine, University of Vermont
- 2000-? 70-year-old career researcher and academician, retired from his post as Professor of Pathology at University of Vermont College of Medicine and semi-retired from private medical practice and consulting
During his career, Dr. Craighead published over 160 peer-reviewed articles, the dominant theme being lung diseases. Subsequent to his resignation, CTR reinitiated contact with Craighead on a couple of occasions in the late 1970s and early 1980s, asking him to consult on issues outside the expertise of the sitting members of the SAB, inviting him to rejoin the SAB (which he did not do), and asking him to give a lecture (which he did give). In 1984, Craighead gave an invited-presentation to the CTR SAB on the four different types of asbestos that have been commercially used since 1880.
Source: United States' Factual Memorandum Pursuant to Order #470, Section V (tab 1)